Costa Rica vs Czechia: Social spending as share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.1%
in 2022
Czechia
0.1%
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
41st
Czechia rank
38th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Czechia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Czechia's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Czechia ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 41st and Czechia ranks 38th of 42 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Czechia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Czechia |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Costa Rica or Czechia?
- Czechia, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Costa Rica as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Costa Rica and Czechia?
- 0.0%, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Czechia?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2021.
- How do Costa Rica and Czechia rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 41st and Czechia ranks 38th of 42 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Public social expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes both in-cash and in-kind benefits in other social policy programs.